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Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry first suggested the idea of a Star Trek feature in 1969. [1] When the original television series was cancelled, he lobbied to continue the franchise through a film. The success of the series in syndication convinced the studio to begin work on a feature film in 1975. [2]
Logo for the first Star Trek series, now known as The Original Series. Star Trek is an American science fiction media franchise that started with a television series (simply called Star Trek but now referred to as Star Trek: The Original Series) created by Gene Roddenberry. The series was first broadcast from 1966 to 1969 on NBC.
The Starfleet emblem as seen in the franchise. As early as 1964, Gene Roddenberry drafted a proposal for the science fiction series that would become Star Trek.Although he publicly marketed it as a Western in outer space—a so-called "Wagon Train to the stars"—he privately told friends that he was modeling it on Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, intending each episode to act on two ...
On March 11, 1964, Gene Roddenberry, a long-time fan of science fiction, drafted a short treatment for a science-fiction television series that he called Star Trek. [8] This was to be set on board a large starship named S.S. Yorktown in the 23rd century [9] [10] bearing a crew dedicated to exploring the Milky Way galaxy.
IGN ranked "The Naked Time" the 8th best episode of The Original Series in 2016 [9] and the 12th best episode of all Star Trek series in 2013. [10] In 2016, USA Today noted "The Naked Time" as an interesting episode of the Star Trek franchise. [11] In 2018, PopMatters ranked this the 11th best episode of The Original Series. [12]
Star Trek film series – Paramount Pictures has produced thirteen Star Trek feature films. The first six films continue the adventures of the cast of the Original Series; the seventh film, Generations, was designed as a transition from that cast to the Next Generation series; the next three films, 8–10, focused completely on the Next Generation cast.
The Kirk-era part of Star Trek Generations is set 78 years before 2371 (established by way of an on-screen caption), thus is set in 2293 and soon after Star Trek VI. The gap between the 1986 film Star Trek IV: the Voyage Home (2286) and the 1987 first season of The Next Generation (2364) is 78 years by this timeline, matching early press materials.
This is the first television series in the Star Trek franchise, and comprises 79 regular episodes over the series' three seasons, along with the series' original pilot episode, "The Cage". The episodes are listed in order by original air date, [ 2 ] which match the episode order in each season's original, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] remastered, [ 6 ] [ 7 ...